Pathaan Director Siddharth Anand Upbeat About Film's Success As It Grosses Rs 850 Crore Globally

Director Siddharth Anand's Pathaan features Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham in lead roles. The film saw Salman Khan in a cameo role. Pathaan hit the theatres on January 25 and managed to cross Rs 850 crore in less than 15 days. This is an incredible feat as Pathaan outshone Aamir Khan's Dangal in India.

Siddharth says, “The fact that Pathaan is the highest worldwide grossing film in the history of Hindi cinema and the first Hindi film to breach 400 crore net in India, means people have showered enormous amount of love on the film and have gotten entertained thoroughly!” He adds, “As a director, I’m most thrilled about this! The fact that so many single screens cinemas have reopened and have again had houseful signs across India, that people have danced, clapped, whistled, and rooted at every song and so many scenes of the film, means that we have created a film that has genuinely entertained audiences globally, and this is a rare feeling and currently, I’m just enjoying that.” He says, “The feeling has not sunk in yet because it is such a huge one. To have directed a film that has smashed all records, that has become the No. 1 Hindi film of all time is very daunting. I hope that I can entertain people to this level again. I will work just as hard and focus on my craft and try and keep making the cinema that appeals to all audience segments like War and now Pathaan has done.”